An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Henri Frederic Amiel More Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel More Quotes From Henri Frederic Amiel Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. Henri Frederic Amiel life-is exercise quiet The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history. Henri Frederic Amiel whole law Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. Henri Frederic Amiel priests forever men A journal takes the place of a confidant, that is, of friend or wife; it becomes a substitute for production, a substitute for country and public. It is a grief-cheating device, a mode of escape and withdrawal; but, factotum as it is, though it takes the place of everything, properly speaking it represents nothing at all. Henri Frederic Amiel grief country cheating I can find no words for what I feel. My consciousness is withdrawn into itself; I hear my heart beating, and my life passing. It seems to me that I have become a statue on the banks of the river of time, that I am the spectator of some mystery, and shall issue from it old, or no longer capable of age. Henri Frederic Amiel issues heart rivers Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe. Henri Frederic Amiel thoughtful night life At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that; all other studies bring us back to this study. Henri Frederic Amiel study mind may Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art. Critical genius means an aptitude for discerning truth under appearances or in disguises which conceal it; for discovering it in spite of the errors of testimony, the frauds of tradition, the dust of time, the loss or alteration of texts. It is the sagacity of the hunter whom nothing deceives for long, and whom no ruse can throw off the trail. Henri Frederic Amiel loss mean art Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power. Henri Frederic Amiel light self mean We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities. Henri Frederic Amiel diversity justice culture The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things. Henri Frederic Amiel idealism elements real Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health. Henri Frederic Amiel family love life Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. Henri Frederic Amiel life-lesson liberty life-is How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and dictates the relatively good and useful. By accepting the human condition more simply, and candidly, by dreading troubles less, calculating less, hoping more. Henri Frederic Amiel slipping earth littles Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail. Henri Frederic Amiel details nature soul The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory. Henri Frederic Amiel growth important soul A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence. Henri Frederic Amiel exhausted musical silence Each man enters into God so much as God enters into him. Henri Frederic Amiel men Order is a great person's need and their true well being. Henri Frederic Amiel great-person order needs True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is able, at most, to attain as a final result. Henri Frederic Amiel finals able science
